Approved for I800

Heard from our officer this AM that yes, we were approved and should get our notification in the mail soon!! Even though this was only 3 weeks, it felt like forever. Probably because we are just getting so close.

The next step is getting a pdf in email from the National Visa Center (NVC) that they received the approval from immigration and have put our information into the system for the US Consulate. This is so our son can get his Visa to come into the United States.


This will take about a week. Then I need to get that letter to our agency, who then gets it to the US Consulate in China. Waiting for Article 5 (that is what this is called for Asher's Visa) takes almost exactly 2 weeks.


 Following Article 5, the information from US Consulate in China goes directly to CCWAA in China. This is the Chinese organization that handles adoptions. These are "the" important officials for our adoption. Once they receive Article 5 for Asher's Visa they begin issuing our Travel Approval (TA). Again, this step varies in time (the average being 3 weeks). They will issue our TA back to our agency which gives us approval to go to China and get Asher, it is good for 90 days. But of course, we will want to go as soon as possible to get him!